Plastic recycling headlines by topic
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Agricultural plastics
- Fee-funded ag plastics program launches
- Delta Plastics acquires reclaimer and bag maker
- New ag plastics recycling facility coming to California
Asia
- Adjustments in Asia
- Report: Traders fudging paperwork to skirt import limits
- Export markets roundup: Barriers across the Pacific
Brand owners
- Brand owner demand leads to Perpetual purchase
- Billion dollar Alliance targets plastic waste
- Coca-Cola provides loan to advance PET recycling tech
Canada
- Loop and Thyssenkrupp sign partnership deal
- Coca-Cola provides loan to advance PET recycling tech
- Growing PET reclaimer to supply Coca-Cola bottlers
Challenging materials
- Study: Recyclable packaging not always greenest option
- How to progress on e-plastics
- How a materials recovery facility will sort flexible plastics
Collection
- Hauler charts shifting markets and other trends
- Plastic bottle recycling has another ‘difficult year’
- In Our Opinion: Collection is only half the battle
Container deposits
- CalRecycle: Trio carried out $16 million deposit fraud
- In Our Opinion: Why deposits make sense for retailers
- England plans to enact deposit program
Courts/lawsuits
- CalRecycle: Trio carried out $16 million deposit fraud
- EPS recycling scam lands exec in prison
- Amazon settles ‘biodegradable’ claims case
EPR/stewardship
- Provincial progress
- Mandatory plastic packaging policies delayed
- Little agreement on Conn. packaging EPR
Europe
- European PET bottle recycling hits 58 percent
- Retail giant invests in recycling technology providers
- Loop and Thyssenkrupp sign partnership deal
Exports
Film
- How a materials recovery facility will sort flexible plastics
- Lower costs boost recovered film end user
- Developments in flexible packaging recycling
HDPE
- Lack of demand could sink ocean plastics recycling program
- Composite lumber manufacturer to be acquired
- Project probes recovered film market potential
Industry groups
- European PET bottle recycling hits 58 percent
- Industry veteran heads to Closed Loop Partners
- In My Opinion: Assessing the future of plastics circularity
LDPE
- Composite lumber manufacturer to be acquired
- Project probes recovered film market potential
- Recovering metal-LDPE mix from carton residue
Legislation
- Lawmakers pass ‘Save Our Seas Act’
- Lobbying efforts expand to promote recycling
- RPET minimum content bill fails
Marine debris
- Lack of demand could sink ocean plastics recycling program
- Brands sign pledge at oceans conference
- Lawmakers pass ‘Save Our Seas Act’
Markets
- New year brings stable prices for key plastics
- Recology CEO: It’s time to tackle plastics crisis
- Hauler charts shifting markets and other trends
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Assessing the future of plastics circularity
- In Our Opinion: Why deposits make sense for retailers
- In My Opinion: Launchpad for circularity
PET
- Brand owner demand leads to Perpetual purchase
- Details on Indorama’s move to secure U.S. RPET supply
- European PET bottle recycling hits 58 percent
PP
- How technology is helping carpet processor roll forward
- Pyrolysis firm unveils recycled chemicals to make olefins
- Quantifying environmental benefits of recycled plastic
Processing
- Brand owner demand leads to Perpetual purchase
- Company leader discusses mixed-plastic sorting plans
- A glimpse at the technology inside rPlanet Earth
PS
- Agilyx inks PS monomer and synthetic crude deals
- How one reclaimer is accessing new markets for PS
- Breaking down PS and PET announcements
PVC
- Where exports displaced from China are finding a home
- Project recycles 10 tons of PVC gift cards
- Study digs into demand for recovered resin
Research
- Study: Recyclable packaging not always greenest option
- How to progress on e-plastics
- PET bottle recycling rate rises
Rigid plastics
- Nestlé Waters deal enables third CarbonLite plant
- Major packaging company announces goals
- Plastic reclaimer sells single-stream facility